The UK improvement organization leader, Nigel Farage, celebrates with supporters after the UK improvement took control of Durham region Council after gaining more than half the seats at the large Club on 2 May 2025 in Durham, England.© Ian Forsyth / Getty Images
The UK's right-wing improvement organization won 677 out of over 1,600 seats in local elections in England, while the Labour organization and the Conservative organization suffered severe defeats across the country.
As the results began to flow on Friday, a organization led by a passionate and supporter of Brexit, Nigel Farage, proved to be the strongest player in competitions conducted in 23 local authorities across England, gaining control of 10 councils.Including 8 taken over from Conservatives – Derbyshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and West Northamptonshire – along with Doncaster from the Labour organization and Durham, where no organization had previously had a majority.Reform besides won hard-earned parliamentary supplementary elections in Runcorn and Helsby, receiving a Labour organization triumph with just six votes after re-calculation.
As a result, the organization now controls 5 seats in the UK Parliament.According to BBC forecasts, if the general election were held today, the UK improvement would receive 30% of the vote, ahead of the Labour organization with 20% and Conservatives with 15%.
However, the next general elections will not take place until May 2029.
The last 1 was last year and the Labour organization had a crushing victory, utilizing a wave of public discontent with the economical policy of the Tories.Commenting on the advancement of his party, Farage noted: "In post-war Britain, no 1 has always defeated both the Labour organization and the Tories in local elections before.
These results are unprecedented...
improvement can win and win further general elections".UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he felt at least ‘A sharp blade of rage’, He said he understood the choice of voters, promising at the same time "go further and faster in pursuit of ... a national renewal”.
Meanwhile, Conservative organization leader Kemi Badenoch admitted that the elections were predictable ‘blood bath’, stressing that Conservatives must proceed to work to rebuild assurance in the party.The emergence in UK improvement was driven by the frustration of voters due to advanced levels of immigration, rising maintenance costs and what many consider to be years of mismanagement by both major parties.
The organization ran an intensive campaign, promising to reduce migration – including through tiny boat crossings – lower taxes and reduce municipal spending, positioning itself as the only alternate to what it calls "failed political establishment".
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616692-farages-party-big-gains-local-elections/
